Cops: Man Fatally Stabbed at Gas Station After Dispute over Dog

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- Police are investigating a fatal stabbing that occurred at an Albuquerque gas station on Tuesday afternoon.

The incident happened at the Valero Gas Station, located at 141 98th Street NW. Police were called to the scene after witnesses reported hearing yelling and screaming and then saw Michael Sanchez, 27, being repeatedly stabbed by suspect Ricardo Villanueva-Cordova, 33.

Sanchez was taken to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police say Sanchez and Villanueva-Cordova lived near each other and investigators believe the stabbing stemmed from an ongoing dispute over a dog.

An arrest warrant for murder has been issued for Villanueva-Cordova.

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Fatal Stabbing at Valero Gas Station

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- A man was fatally stabbed at an Albuquerque gas station Tuesday morning, according to police.

Officers learned of the stabbing at the Valero gas station, located at 98th Street and Central Avenue, a little before 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The victim of the stabbing was pronounced dead at around 1 p.m. 

Police are still investigating the incident, which has few details.

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Man Arrested After Hitting Child with Hammer at Grocery Store

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- A man in a wheelchair was arrested after hitting a young child in the head with a hammer on Monday at a grocery store.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, police were called at about 1 p.m. when someone called to report a child who was bleeding from his the head. Witnesses identified a man in a wheelchair as the suspect, said the Journal. The man was accused of attempting to hit other children in the store as well.

The injured boy was taken to the University of New Mexico Hospital to be treated for his injuries.

Police do not believe the man is related to the child, says the Journal. The man was taken into custody and held on Monday night.

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Police: Masked Grandson Robs Grandmother

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) --  An Albuquerque grandmother pulled the mask off of a man who was robbing her on Friday only to find that it was her grandson, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

Police say Pamela Dearinger was watching TV at her home on Friday afternoon when a man, dressed all in black with a purple bandana on his face, entered her home through the black door. Dearinger began to grapple with the intruder, and during the struggle she pulled off the bandana, revealing the face of her grandson, 22-year-old Thomas A. Clark.

Clark, a high school dropout, allegedly then threw his grandma to the ground, grabbed her purse and left.

While Dearinger, who suffered minor injuries during the incident, was talking to police, Clark was allegedly at a casino with two friends. He was arrested Friday night when police arrived at his home at 6:30 p.m. Clark initially denied robbing his grandmother, but eventually admitted to the crime, police say. He was charged with aggravated residential burglary, larceny, and tampering with evidence.

Clark’s mother said that her son had robbed Dearinger once before and that the two did not get along.

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Man Threatens to Blow Up FBI Field Office with Burrito

(Albuquerque, N.M.) -- A man who accused the U.S. government of planting a tracking device into his head threatened to blow up the Albuquerque FBI field office with an explosive burrito last week, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

Authorities say 50-year-old Brian DeMarco called in his burrito bomb threat to an FBI office in West Virginia from a Super 8 Motel on Iliff Road in Albuquerque. DeMarco said that he would fold explosives into the burrito as penance for the government tracking him and beaming photons into his brain.

The West Virginia office passed the information along to authorities in New Mexico, and DeMarco was arrested on Thursday as he was boarding a Greyhound bus to Amarillo, Texas. He is facing charges of violating interstate communications laws and creating a hoax.

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White’s Peak Fire 15 Percent Contained

(CIMARRON, N.M.) -- The White’s Peak fire near Cimarron, N.M. is 15 percent contained and has spread to 1,167 acres, the Albuquerque Journal reports.

The fire, which is about 14 miles southwest of Cimarron, is behaving erratically thanks to dry conditions, steep terrain and sporadic wind gusts. Members of the New Mexico State Forestry Cimarron District and the the Pecos Zone Type III Incident Management Team are working to create new containment lines and prevent the fire from spreading to populated areas or steep drainage areas where it’s harder to fight.

The fire started due to a lightning strike, officials say.

A community meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Cimarron Elementary School to inform residents of the latest fire news.

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Police Investigating Fatal Shooting

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- The victim of a Saturday morning shooting passed away in the hospital over the weekend.

Police responded to a call regarding possible gunshots just after 1 a.m. on Saturday. The victim, 29-year-old Michael Moore, was found in his car with gunshot wounds. He was taken to a local hospital where he died of his injuries.

Police do not have a suspect in the shooting, but continue to investigate the incident.

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Man Gets 20 Years in Prison for Two-Week Robbery Spree

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- A two-week robbery spree has landed an Albuquerque man in prison for 20 years.

Oscar Marquez, 23, was sentenced on Wednesday after pleading guilty in January to robbery and firearms charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Authorities said Marquez robbed four Albuquerque businesses between May 28 and June 9 last year.

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ABQ Ride Honors Employees Who Are Veterans on Flag Day

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- As the city observed Flag Day, ABQ Ride honored those military veterans among its employees in a special ceremony on Friday.

ABQ Ride employees who served in the military were presented with commemorative coins from the City of Albuquerque, during a ceremony held at the Alvarado Transportation Center.

"We are very proud of our employees who devoted a portion of their lives so that our country might remain free," Mayor Richard Berry said in a statement. "It’s only fitting that on this special day, we not only honor the symbol of that freedom, but also employees who contributed to it."

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Parents Arrested After Leaving Baby in Hot Car

(ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) -- An eight-month-old boy was hospitalized this week after he was left in a hot car by his parents.

According to the Albuquerque Journal, the son of Juan Flores, 33, and Erica Garcia, 26, was left in a car and suffered infantile vehicular heatstroke. Flores apparently told Garcia to leave the child with him, rather than in the car while she went to a meeting with her probation officer.

The pair exchanged vehicles and Flores drove back to their apartment, where he apparently left the child in the car. Flores later admitted to police that he had used heroin that morning.

The child was brought to University of New Mexico hospital in critical condition, says the Journal. Both Garcia and Flores were arrested and charged with abandonment of a child.

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